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Pat Suzuki is a Japanese- and Asian-American female singer most famous for her role and cast recording of the Broadway hit musical Flower Drum Song, especially I Enjoy Being A Girl (song) This Manual of Style has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide. ...
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Flower Drum Song is a Broadway musical with a score by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The book for the musical was written by Hammerstein and Joseph Fields, based on the novel Flower Drum Song by C.Y. Lee. ...
Flower Drum Song is a Broadway musical with a score by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The book for the musical was written by Hammerstein and Joseph Fields, based on the novel Flower Drum Song by C.Y. Lee. ...
I Enjoy Being a Girl is an album by folk singer-songwriter Phranc, released in 1989. ...
Pat Suzuki was born in Cressy, (Northern) California on September 23, in the early 1930s. She was nicknamed "Chiby", which was Japanese for "squirt" as the youngest sister.
She sang at church on Sundays. Pat and her family were forced to enter internment camps during WWII. She attending Jose State. In New York she was in a touring production of "Tea House of the August Moon". She got a permanent job in Seattle after the owner of a local club, called The Colony, was impressed.
Bing Crosby happened to catch her act one summer night in 1957, leading to the 1958 album, titled "The Many Sides of Pat Suzuki". She appeared on the "The Frank Sinatra Show", which also led to a role in Rodgers & Hammerstein's broadway production of "Flower Drum Song". The broadway soundtrack of I Enjoy Being A Girl has since been used in many movies and even viral videos up the the 21st century, though few are familiar that it was performed by an Asian American. Although William Hung is the most widely recognized Asian American performer today, Suzuki's politically incorrect hit is certainly among, if not the most widely recognizable hit recording by any Asian American artist. The movie part was given to Nancy Kwan, a Hollywood veteran, with the singing voice played by a non-Asian backup singer. I Enjoy Being a Girl is an album by folk singer-songwriter Phranc, released in 1989. ...
An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ...
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Nancy Kwan on the cover of Life Magazine 1960 Nancy Kwan (born May 19, 1939) (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Cantonese: Kwan Ka Shin) is an American actress, who played a pivotal role in the acceptance of actors of Asian descent in major Hollywood film roles. ...
Her husband was photographer Mark Shaw, and they had a son. Throughout the 1970s, she continued to perform and record her music. She appeared in Pat Morita's on the short-lived sitcom "Mr. T. and Tina", the first sitcom starring an Asian-American family. She has supported Asian-American rights, and continues to perform at forums such as Lincoln Center. In 1999 she released "The Very Best of Pat Suzuki". Her records are on display at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, as the only Asian artist featured there. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ...
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Sign advertising the opening of EMP A view of EMPs southeast corner The Experience Music Project (EMP) is a museum of music history founded by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, located on the campus of Seattle, Washingtons Seattle Center. ...
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